lylega

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1. Medications and Drug Classes

   lylega replied to nurse-to-be1000's topic in Student Assist

   I would recommend investing in a Davis drug handbook or a Nursing Drug Handbook by Lippincott. There are also PDA versions if you have a PDA. I am surprised your school did not require the purchase of one of these resources. As a student, I use mi...

2. 100% dosage calculations?

   lylega replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

   This post is old, I realize, but I have to say, ANYTHING LESS THAN 100 IS UNREASONABLE. LESS THAN 100 EVERY TIME MEANS THAT YOU MIGHT KILL PEOPLE WITH DRUG MISCALCULATIONS. IS IT OK TO DO CALCULATIONS IN THE REAL WORLD AND ONLY BE CORRECT ONLY 92% ...

3. titrations, mcg/gtt

   lylega posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am looking for formulas, sample problems, any advice at all on doing titration problems, finding mcg/gtt and constants. My usual source, Dosage Calculations 7th ed, by Gloria Pickar, has little to nothing in this area. Any advice would be greatly...

4. How do you do titration dosage problems - mcg/gtt?

   lylega posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am in the last semester of an ADN program and we are getting into titrations now. Like most other programs, we are self teaching and I am having trouble finding formulas, example problems, etc. I generally do well with dosage and have had few pro...

5. Crocs banned :(

   lylega replied to styRN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Im sporting New Balance B-Zips, New Balance is the only shoe I can spend 12+ hours on my feet in; been wearing them for several years now. My problem with Crocs is what I would call a lack of arch support, of course, its different for everybody.

6. vitamin deficiency

   lylega replied to paisa's topic in Student Assist

   Vitamin B6 absorption is directly impaired by high quantity or chronic alcohol intake. Try Davis's Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 2nd edition, 2006 B12 deficiency tends to be caused by malnutrition or disturbances in bowel function such as surgery...

7. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   lylega replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   You will do fine. I am one of 10(i think) in a program of 50. I have never had any problems. There is, of course, always some stigma about guys in nursing, just like there is about female cops and firefighters. Oh well. I've worked on a med/surg ...

8. Hard of hearing/deaf nursing students or nurses?

   lylega replied to Black Jade's topic in Student Assist

   I agree regarding the part about the fact that they should not have discriminated against you for having a disability. That is illegal, especially for schools that accept state or federal funding. The small cc where I attend has personnel devoted t...

9. Pronounciation for medical term

   lylega replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

   Merriam-Webster Online is a dictionary based web site that has audio clips of word pronunciations. There are numerous online sites, but as far as pda software is concerned, I have no ideas.

10. Dosage calc

    lylega posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hello fellow health care workers, I am in the last semester of an ADN program and I'm looking for a book that will help me with advanced IV calculations. I'm looking for something I might find online or in a bookstore, I have textbooks and I find the...

11. Dosage calc

    lylega posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hello fellow health care workers, I am in the last semester of an ADN program and I'm looking for a book that will help me with advanced IV calculations. I'm looking for something I might find online or in a bookstore, I have textbooks and I find ...